Tim Redmond

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Tim Redmond has been a political and investigative reporter in San Francisco for more than 30 years. He spent much of that time as executive editor of the Bay Guardian. He is the founder of 48hills.

Campaign Trail

The big billionaire-backed mayoral debate is becoming the Losers Show

May 16, 2024

Breed won't go. Peskin won't go. Lurie might not go. Here's what that means for the mayor's race.

Crime

SF’s new War on Drugs has created dangerous, intolerable conditions in the county jail

May 15, 2024

Many predicted that this would happen—but the Mayor's Office had no plan.

Elections

There’s nothing to stop AI election deep fakes in San Francisco right now

May 14, 2024

State and local law are lagging while technology explodes—and is a real threat.

The Agenda

Tough budget times in a city full of rich people who don’t pay even remotely fair taxes ….

May 12, 2024

... plus AI and local elections, the crisis in the jails, and can the zoo really handle pandas? That's The Agenda for May 12-19

Police

SF cops haven’t disclosed the latest in military gear they may be using

May 8, 2024

State law requires information that the supes didn't get; are we going back to killer robots?

Economy

If SF wants to revitalize downtown, why not buy up these dirt-cheap buildings?

May 7, 2024

An entire 14-story highrise for $6.5 million? That could be 150 artist studios. And there's so much more to come.

Housing

SF is failing badly to meet its state mandates for extremely low-income housing

May 6, 2024

Hearing shows yet another example of how the city's Housing Element is nothing more than a farce.

News + Politics

Peskin wants a hands-on mayor, Breed wants a downtown party (for some people) …

May 5, 2024

... and how is the city planning to create 14,000 housing units for extremely low income households? That's The Agenda for May 5-12

News + Politics

The alarming agenda of the big-money folks trying to take over SF

May 3, 2024

New report tracks the anti-union, anti-tax, pro-police program that a small number of very rich people want to impose on SF in the name of "moderate" politics.

Housing

Everyone loves Vienna’s housing policy; there’s a reason that it works so well

May 1, 2024

It's not 'rocket science.' It's high taxes on the rich and money for social housing. The tech barons want people who support those policies in SF voted out.